Game 13: Streakin’

The Yankees have won their last four games, and start the first of three 2010 West Coast trips tonight against the A’s in the rather bland Oakland Coliseum. Their second West Coast trip goes through Arizona and Los Angeles as part of the interleague schedule, and the final one comes right before the All Star Break. It’s good to get them over with in the first half, no one likes those September trips across the country.

On the bump for the A’s is Gio Gonzalez, who, frankly, should get his brains beat in. His strikeout rate is very good at 9.67 K/9 career (143.1 IP), but he’s thrown just 46% of his pitches in the strikezeone, which is not going to get it done against this offense. Then again, the Yanks are prone of being shutdown by these young lefties for no reason, so who knows.

Vazquez goes 7 tonight and only gives up two runs as the Yankees win 8-3.

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

My nap was a good idea today. I can stay up and watch the game and feel not tired. Yay.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

+1

But I still have to get up at six tomorrow. Stupid school system; middle/high school should start at 9 and the elementary school should start at 7:30.

/grumpy’d

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

Sames. My school starts at around 7:50 it should be pushed 2 hours later. I’m usually completely dead in the mornings.

Wisdom.

well if you did good on your sats ride out with like a 2.9 GPA. Schools don’t care about GPA as muchas SATs anyway, and their scholarship rewards reflect that. So sleep all day, party all night. It’s highschool, have fuckin fun dude.

SF Yanks

I live in the Bay Area and first graphic I see on the A’s broadcast are the defensive positions with each Yankee player salary right underneath each name. Then the predictable ‘it’s always nice to beat up on a team with that kinda of payroll’ speech ensues.

Ugh.

YankeesJunkie

Well maybe their team would spend more money if more than 10 K went their games on a consistent basis.

SF Yanks

That’s what happens when you have one of the shittiest stadiums in all of baseball if not the worst.

JobaTheHeat62

oh its the worst

Poopy Pants

How embarrassing for Gardy. I wonder if the guys buy him dinner when they’re on the road.

YankeesJunkie

They better.

SF Yanks

For whatever reason they had Thames and not Gardner but point still stands. And yes he did stick out like a sore thumb, but damn it does look crazy with big fat numbers under each name I will say.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

My Mo, there’s like 30 people in the stands.

Wisdom.

Not feeling enthusiastic, the oppressive Evil Empire is in town.

YankeesJunkie

So where is Oakland going to move to exactly. I have heard San Jose, but is there speculation for other cities.

Esteban

Fremont was speculated over for a while but I think the plan for the stadium fell through. Its probably worth searching though

Conchobar

Dear Javy,

Pitch a great game so I can stop having to defend you to the idiots who say you suck. Thanks.

larryf

I lived in Oakland for 10 years-saw lots of Yankee games. The crowd is usually comatose-except for the Yankee fans of course..

Poopy Pants

The photographer behind Jeter looked like George Lucas!

http://yanksgoyard.com Santa

A sell-out crowd tonight

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

But aren’t the Yankees bad for baseball?

/EveryYankeeHater’d

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

Or I could actually look on my TV screen to detect the sarcasm.

http://yanksgoyard.com Andy_C_23

You can’t win ’em all

Turko

It looks like it’s the end of Tim Wakefield. The Rangers stole 9 bases in 6 innings (with 6 earned runs) against him and Vic Martinez today.

Poopy Pants

But they are all about pitching and defense!

ShuutoHeat

Combine a slow pitch with a bad arm of a catcher and even the slowest base runners will look like Gardner on the base paths.

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

If the Yanks face that combo Gardner could probably steal home….from first.

Yankeefan91 Arod Fan

hey guys ! i really hope Javy pitches a great game today.

bexarama

My God. There’s no one in the stands.

/what everyone’s been saying’d

Kristen

So excited for a game without Michael Kay.

WIlliam

Damnit.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

That was ugly, Derek.

Hangoverologist

At least Jeter didn’t ground to short.

Hangoverologist

Of all people to swing at a first pitch, it had to be Nick Johnson. -_-

Poopy Pants

He told Kim Jones before the game that he was going to swing at the first pitch. Genius.

Poopy Pants

Genius is sarcastically aimed at NJ, not you.

WIlliam

What the hell Nick?

bexarama

is that a Giants fan I spy in the stands? o_O

bexarama

and a Dodger fan WTF

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

Nick “Not Productive” Johnson flies out.

/SuckaGotNoJuice’d

ultimate913

Maybe the rest of the league is catching on on how to beat the Yanks. Attack the strikezone. Attack it. and then attack it again.

Anyone else think that gun is terribly incorrect? Was that last pitch of the inning by Javy really 68mph??

charles poet

Javy looking better than last game, through the 1st inning

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/19/MAD_MAX.jpg gxpanos

Daaamn…Gameday had that K pitch at 68 mph! Some El Duque shit there.

SF Yanks

The first hitter received all fastballs and then not one fastball after that. Way to mix it up, Javy. I like.

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

No shit it’s Tampa Bay for the poll question.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Brett, please, for me, hit it to the outfield. Please.

Dela G

wow what the eff??

bexarama

what the what?

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

What? How the hell was that a swing?

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/19/MAD_MAX.jpg gxpanos

He checked that.

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

what just happened?

/gameday’d

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Ball the dirt, check swing by Gardner, appealed to 3B ump after a few seconds, he called it a swing, Gardy got tagged out.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Both pitchers have the breaking stuff inducing some ugly swings/half swings.

Dave

Wow Jeter, way to work the count.

Dela G

lol the textbook grounder to short

Reggie C.

Pennington has some arm. That was a lazer.

Beef Hammerdong

at least the ump saved a gidp

asshole

WIlliam

Come on!!!!!!

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/19/MAD_MAX.jpg gxpanos

Hahaha Jetes with the grounder to short…priceless. Has this meme’d fully yet?

Beef Hammerdong

/rhetoricalquestion’d

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

Oh my Mo I love how YES acts like Nick Johnson never had a hit in his life.

So you want him to swing at balls so he can be more aggressive? Sigh.

Poopy Pants

I wrote this earlier, but Kim Jones said she spoke with Nick about that before the game. He told her he would swing more (and at first pitches) according to Kim.

Poopy Pants

speak of the she-devil…

Pat D

As much as I love Mo, I’m going to have dispute his divinity.

Given all that happened, if he was, they don’t lose the 2001 WS.

Kevin

How dare thee!

Pat D

Well, I mean, 9/11 and all, I mean, come on.

Didn’t you read The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty by Buster Olney? The whole chapter where Mo told the entire clubhouse before the game started that it was all in God’s hands? Well, there you go.

poster

Duh, HE’S God. It WAS all in his hands.*

*No, I don’t really believe this. But we’ll ignore that for now.

bexarama

that was to save Enrique Wilson’s life, yo.

Pat D

Yea, I forgot about that.

poster

Um, did you READ his comments in the days after the game? He was preventing Enrique Wilson’s death. The plane he would have flown home on crashed. All aboard the plane died. Mo was clearly just preventing that.

Shame on you for having such a disgraceful lack of faith. You’re lucky that Mo is all forgiving.

Pat D

Yes, I just was reminded of that. Silly me. *Sigh* I had other events going on in my own life that just had the Series loss cap off that year being probably the worst of my life.

And, to tell the truth, I do have a lack of faith in all things that cannot Force choke me to death.

WIlliam

There’s the NJ full count we know and lo….damn!

baravelli

Okay, I figured it out about Gardner’s swing, I was thinking this that game last week when he got rung up by the third base umpire twice:
His checked swing move is to bring his bat downwards, rather than level across the plate, like in a chopping motion. That seems to exaggerate how much it’s gone around from the umpire’s perspective, apparently. Someone should tell him not to do that.

Beef Hammerdong

Actually, someone should tell Gardner that it’s a bat, not a racquet.

Dela G

lol johnson is slower than dirt

Dave

I think I like watching Nick Johnson at the plate more than any other Yankee right now.

Pat D

Yay for west coast baseball! I can see the whole game on a weekday!!!

bexarama

Phillies had a major bullpen fail today, wow. Like, Lidge-ian fail.

Pat D

/Madson’d

bexarama

also /Contreras’d

Pat D

Let’s not forget /Heyward’d, then, I suppose. He only tied the game, but the legend grows…

Darnell also hit the 2 run homer to tie the game in the 8th, to go along with his walkoff hit.

bexarama

He’s the only reason they were tied with the two-run home run. What in the world? All of Boston’s prospects are so hyped but I can’t remember hearing about him.

V

Because he’s not a prospect. He’s a scrub who’s played for several different teams (with only a few chances in the majors).

bexarama

Ah. Thanks.

Stupid Frank Francisco.

Pat D

I’m going to assume that’s sarcasm.

Ron Washington subscribed to the Joe Torre School of Bullpen Management. Chapter 1: “Do Not Use Your Closer In A Non-Save Situation.”

bexarama

re: not knowing who Darnell McDonald is, I just didn’t look it up because I’m dumb. I heard he got called up along with Reddick and assumed he was a prospect like Reddick. We all know what happens when we assume. :(

I’m pretty sure that’s every Manager’s School of Bullpen Management.

Pat D

It is. At least Joe Girardi has been less likely to subscribe to that theory compared to Torre.

Just making the 2003 WS Game 4 reference.

bexarama

Agreed, but it’s still rare.

I literally went “GAAAAAH” out loud at that. Thanks >:(

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

He’s not a prospect. He’s a 31-year-old AAAA player.

bexarama

Again, thanks. I had no idea.

Pat D

Oh, sorry, bex, I thought you knew that.

His brother Donzell played every so briefly for the Yankees in the late 90’s or early 2000’s.

Rudy

Where was Feliz?

Dela G

sharing a blunt with joepa

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

being saved for the higher-leverage ninth I would imagine

Pat D

Who was it that said that? Trey Hillman?

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

yup. the ninth is by definition higher leverage

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

I know it’s 1-2, not a favorable count, but I have a feeling Robbie’s just gonna unload on one right now. Then again, I have that feeling whenver he’s up.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Maybe not. Oh well.

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

Ugh, Sox walked off

on the other hand, Texas stole 9 bases

Rudy

If Tampa gets a hold of that Wakefield and Martinez/Varitek they will smash that.

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

easily. Cruz and Guerrero had 5!

V

So, Ron Washington has… how many days left before he’s fired?

Pat D

Probably down to single digits at this point. When’s their next off day?

Accent Shallow

Just shows how stealing bases isn’t necessarily connected with run scoring.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Don’t try to pull that, Jorge. Go to right field, please.

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

And then he swings through the curve. For the last year, he has just looked lost on breaking balls.

Pat D

For the last 1 year?!?

All you have to do is throw him a breaking ball down and in and he’ll swing over it!

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/19/MAD_MAX.jpg gxpanos

Is that true/provable? Because I dont remember noticing that.

Mystery Athlete

I’m batting .140 I have 0 HRs as a DH, and tonight I got so frustrated with my shitty ass play I snapped a bat over my knees. Who am I?

mbonzo

Did you also invent Candyland?

Hangoverologist

David Ortiz! Have you found the real killers yet?

http://www.thechuckknoblog.com/ JobaWockeeZ

He’ll get back to us, don’t worry I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten.

poster

Dalelama?

bexarama

no, then you’d be irrationally complaining about Nick Johnson not being a “warrior” or something

bexarama

But your team won! Yaaay all is right with the Red Sox, they’re going to the World Series!!!!

/ESPN’d

poster

Shit, the Sox won that game?

bexarama

Yeah. Darnell McDonald hit a two-run home run to tie it up in like the eighth I think, and then he hit a walk-off hit after Frank Francisco was Frank Francisco and loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth.

Mike, how do you figure out exactly what the percentage of winning the game is at a certain point in time? For example, the ARod homer looks like it puts it around 90 percent but does it mention specifically because I don’t see it?

Brad Toughy

Let’s remember, Javy was scoreless through three in Tampa too. Let’s just let him pitch.

bexarama

/Debbie Downer’d

bexarama

A strike??!?!?

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

I’m pretty sure it’s the first time he’s called that location a strike.

Dela G

gio has really improved since the yanks demolished him at yankee stadium last year

we did not do well against the As last year…Kurt Suzuki owned us if I remember right

bexarama

… we were 7-2 against them last year

bexarama

though Kurt Suzuki did have a 1.121 OPS against us O_O

JobaTheHeat62

but Kurt Suzuki did good! I got that part right lol

bexarama

haha it’s okay, I thought Darnell McDonald was a Sox prospect

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

.424/.424/.697

Dela G

wait my bad, i was thinking of another oakland player

gio actually won against the yanks

JobaTheHeat62

good story:

Nate McClouth hit a walkoff, and the whole braves team ran into the clubhouse and left McClouth all by himself. I think thats awesome!

Pat D

Wait, what? They abandoned him on the field?

JobaTheHeat62

yes, he ran the bases and the team vanished lol

bexarama

that’s hilarious. I would kind of like for that to be a new tradition

Pat D

I just figured it out. They were just trying to get to the clubhouse spread and eat all the food before he got back.

Pat D

Either that was a prank or the entire team hates him?

mbonzo

Glad to see Melky is teaching his new team how to walkoff.

andrae HINDS

is the answer to the trivia an oriole? could it be palmer?

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

question?

http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

A.L. record for most consecutive CGs.

Pat D

Wow, should have known that just because of Rob Neyer’s Blunders book where he demonstrates how Billy Martin ruined those 5 guys.

mbonzo

20 CGs in 1980! WOW!

Apollo22237

I was looking at the trivia and it says…

“Jack Taylor set the record for the most consecutive complete games pitched in 1906 when he pitched his 185th complete game. Do not look for that record to be broken any time soon. In Major League baseball, 185 is approximately the total number of compete games pitched by all major league pitchers in a year.”

Apollo22237

I’m not saying its the answer I just though this was ridiculous and shows how the times have changed.

bexarama

good GOD

Maybe that wasn’t the AL?

bexarama

Most consecutive complete games, AL.

It was Rick Langford of the As in 1980.

JobaTheHeat62

is it surprising the As have the least amount of HRs? I wonder out of those 7, how many were hit in this canyon, I mean stadium.

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

two

JobaTheHeat62

wow

JobaTheHeat62

Eric Chavez needs a haircut like no other

bexarama

Eric Chavez = another player my mom is stuck in like 2003 with. “He’s great! Why isn’t he playing more!”

JobaTheHeat62

Javy has a killer slider

Accent Shallow

Joba has spoiled me when it comes to RHP’s sliders. Next to his, they all look pedestrian.

Dela G

very good job by javy

Pat D

Singleton’s memory continues to be bad. Mike Norris beat the Orioles in 1980 in a 14 inning complete game that the A’s won 6-2. So it wasn’t 2-1 nor 16 innings.

But Norris had 4 other games where he pitched extra innings that year! No wonder his arm died.

WIlliam

Feel’s like Javy’s been pitching for a loooong time.

bexarama

he has. kinda crazy that he was the losing pitcher in Cone’s perfecto!

Dela G

another textbook grounder to short

kunaldo

ok. seriously. wtf is w/ these grounders to short. cmon jetes!

http://yanksgoyard.com Andy_C_23

Has anyone noticed that Javy has a Ewing-esque widow’s peak?

WIlliam

NJ walks, all is right in the world again.

bexarama

no it’s not…… LOL……..

/you know who’d

A.Hinds

darnell mcdonald did a good job but the sox are in trouble… i hate when other teams players go on the dL, does not feel the same when they suck.

JobaTheHeat62

can we make it three starters in a row not getting out of the 5th due to pitch count?

bexarama

yeppers

The Yankees are just mean.

Dave

Why cant every player do what nick johnson does?

Hangoverologist

Dalelama must be cutting himself because Nick Johnson walked and didn’t get a game tying walk-off homerun!!

bexarama

oh my God we get it Kurt Suzuki is the greatest catcher ever

Pat D

Well, Jorge does have issues with blocking pitches from time to time.

bexarama

Really?!?!?! ;)

WIlliam

Kay is having a SSS fail with era.

JobaTheHeat62

oh yea here we go

Dela G

good eyes by texy and NJ

JobaTheHeat62

and the Yankees have done it again!

Dave

yes, 4.1 innings. I love it.

JobaTheHeat62

3 in a row…Feldman, Harden, and now Gio…Starting pitchers have to crushed when they see they are facing the Yankees this year.

Well yeah, a bombs a bomb.
Thing is, I used to be fired up every time the Yanks visit this shithole excuse for a stadium. But, I just don’t feel it this game…maybe I’ll find the fire watching tomorrow’s game.

oh yea did I mention how crappy the stadium is?

Pat D

It’s because they’re a fairly nondescript team with no real stars.

It’s not like they’re the Bash Brother A’s or even the Giambi/Tejada A’s.

Oakland A’s Swisher was the shit. I lived in Cali back then, he was so fun to watch.

Hangoverologist

Holy crap, Swish had enormous hair. It looks so beautiful, so caveman like.

/I’m talking shit’d

Pat D

Positively Damon-esque.

Dela G

great job grandy

bexarama

was that off a lefty? Woot

bexarama

wow, it’s midnight. Damn you West Coast trips aaargh

Pat D

On MLB network they showed the scene on the field after the walk off. It looked as if they were going to jump McDonald’s bones. Deliverance-style. Or they realized that they were in Boston and he’s not…ok, won’t finish that thought. Best left for NoMaas.

And Reynolds just said it’s not all Martinez’s and Varitek’s fault because the pitchers don’t hold runners. So if Posada keeps having issues throwing out guys, will he defend Jorge since only Pettitte holds guys on?

Ahhh, this is what it feels like to face Skin and Bones from the other side. Feels good. I remember when Max Kellerman said that Skin and Bones, not Joba, would replace Mariano as closer when he retires.

Beef Hammerdong

He was dazzled by Edwar’s2008 numbers looking identical to Overrated-Rod’s numbers.

bexarama

I thought you were talking about A-Rod and I was all grrrrr

Dela G

thank god, cano finally walked

JobaTheHeat62

yea it took a pitch almost hitting him to finally make it happen.

Cecala

I can see why Edwar was DFA’d.

JobaTheHeat62

Edwar setting up another granny moment…I would be down for a GRanderslam myself

I don’t understand these insurance commercials, they always talk huge figures. I have full coverage and I pay $50 a month. Then some Allstate commercial will come and say you can save $400 by switching to them. I must be missing something

Pat D

Where do you live? I live in PA and pay $94/month with Progressive, which is the lowest rate I found last time I switched.

JobaTheHeat62

OHIO..I was at 75 but once I turned 25 you get those “adult rates” and it dropped down to an even 50 a month. I am with Erie insurance, its not one of the big names by any means.

Pat D

That’s funny. Erie is who I had. I didn’t get those adult rates when when I turned 25, and I never knew why. They kept raising my rate by $5-10 month the last few years, so I just told them to GTFO.

JobaTheHeat62

That sucks, yea insurance is a strange thing, I don’t even have a perfect driving record, I got 2 speeding tickets in the last few years. I am not complaining tho.

V

A lot of times they base these things on ‘people who switch save on average $X/month’. It’s a biased sample. People who don’t save (much or at all) don’t switch.

AJ

I think the devil beard is all that Skin and Bones can grow.

JobaTheHeat62

wow 4 BBs

AJ

Wow. That was close.

bexarama

yeah, but he was out.

bexarama

oh no Jeter, now all I’m going to hear is “teh groundouts to short!”

Cecala

Time for Johnson to pad his walk number…

JobaTheHeat62

this made me laugh

bexarama

this part of the broadcast is major dalelama bait

Justin Beaver

Im wishing for one more A-Bomb.

I know, I know. Im greedy.

JobaTheHeat62

these WB Mason commercials make 0 sense..I hope there is some conclusion to them at some point so I am not confused.

Cecala

Be lucky it is not Bob’s Discount Furniture commercials.

JobaTheHeat62

this is true..YES network has some awful commercials..We can all thank MO they got rid of those awful Guissepe Franco hair product commercials, even tho the Just For Men adds are epically bad.

bexarama

my least favorite is the Finally Fast commercial

JobaTheHeat62

Oh my, I wanna kick that guy in the balls. Good Call!

bexarama

“My computer’s fast! Finally!“

Pat D

Simple way to not slow down your computer: don’t go to any “free” download sites/programs.

Cecala

MY COMPUTER IS FAST! FINALLY! FINALLY FAST.COM!

bexarama

jinx sorta

JobaTheHeat62

9 BBs…it’s like artwork

bexarama

96! I know I shouldn’t get excited but I did

Dela G

damn 96!!!

JobaTheHeat62

Joba hit 96…Gotta love that added to the sick slider he threw earlier.

Rey22

Joba’s FB climbing around 96. …I like!

JobaTheHeat62

I won’t be impressed until Joba outdoes Phil’s 2IP 6K effort out of the bullpen.

Dela G

joba

3 batters

3 Ks

Dela G

could joba pitch teh 9th???

Beef Hammerdong

Who pitches the 9th? Mitre? Ace?

JobaTheHeat62

I say keep Joba in

JobaTheHeat62

unless we score more runs…then I say the Mexican Gangsta

Coach6423

Pretty beastly performance….for a starter

Justin Beaver

My fantasy team is liking Joba.

Joba for the 9th?

Dela G

has there ever been a guy with a sideways delivery that throws 92-95?

Rey22

Brian Fuentes can throw fairly hard IIRC

JobaTheHeat62

oh yea he had a low to mid 90s fastball.

JobaTheHeat62

man A-ROD is sporting some beautiful numbers

Dela G

wow, too bad that strike 2 didn’t look like a strike

bexarama

not at all

JobaTheHeat62

what you didn’t hear about the new strike zone that starts at the ankles?

Dela G

ha i think i might check out that new zone guide

JobaTheHeat62

Umpires have been calling low strikes like crazy this season, especially down and away strikes.

bexarama

why in the world would you choose green and yellow for your team colors. Just saying.

bexarama

Goddamn that’s a loud HIP HIP JORGE

JobaTheHeat62

Hey I’m a Packers fan, I cannot let that go without a comment!

bexarama

haha sorry, though in the last football season the MEGA UNIFORM FAIL was so bad with all the hot pink stuff for breast cancer (I think) and the throwback uniforms

JobaTheHeat62

Now we agree..a good cause, but green, yellow, and hot pink do not mesh

Cecala

It is better than that camo one that the Padres wear.

bexarama

this is true

V

I like this new selective Cano.

JobaTheHeat62

Cano 3BBs? The sky is falling ZOMG!

Dela G

wow cano walks 3 times in a game???

*mind blown*

Pat D

Cano with 3 BB. The end is nigh!!!!!

Dela G

aight let’s hope marte can finish it out

Rey22

Wow, 3 walks for Robinson Johnson today.

Pat D

Isn’t that Audi commercial just trying to put you under their own spell?

Justin Beaver

Cano is so lazy that he opts to ‘walk’.

JobaTheHeat62

now there is one YES commercial that never gets old

bexarama

why would you warm up Mo along with Mitre?

JobaTheHeat62

“ENTER SANDMAN GAME OVER”

Best autograph inscription ever.

Justin Beaver

FWIW, A’s pitchers threw 190 pitches in this game. An average of more than 20 per inning.

Wowza.

Dela G

sucks that mariano had to come in this game

PaulF

well, he didn’t have to. Girardi just wanted him too for some reason. He didn’t even wait until it was a save situation.

Beef Hammerdong

Fucking just had to wake Mo up for this shit, right?

SMH

bexarama

There is like one really loud fan in this stadium

Dela G

got to love the nice strike zone mariano brings with him at times ;)

JobaTheHeat62

I bet MO is glad Marco Scutaro isn’t on this team (Shutters at past memories)

bexarama

shudder, not shutter.

Not trying to be a bitch, just that’s a pet peeve :(

JobaTheHeat62

not a problem..if i FAIL I deserve to be called on it

Dela G

my boy pennington looked befuddled

Pat D

Silly AT&T. The internet makes the average person dumber because all they do is search for celebrity gossip and post on message boards and forums calling people who disagree with them names that they’d never dare use to the person’s face.

http://www.soxandpinstripes.net JGS

first place!!

JobaTheHeat62

10-3…best record in baseball..suck it bitches!

Dela G

YANKEES WIN!

mbonzo

GO MO!

bexarama

For some reason this game made me so insanely stressed out for a freakin’ 7-3 game but whatever, Yankees win!! =D

JobaTheHeat62

it was one of those “closer than the scoreboard shows” type of games

SF Yanks

Mo’s cutter doesn’t look like it’s cutting too much and he’s not hitting his spots like usual. Not concerned, just an observation.

Nevermind…now they seem to be cutting like normal.

And Thhhhe Yankeeeeees Wiiiinnnnnaaaaaaa

Coach6423

This team continues to be the balls…

Pat D

Hopefully tomorrow’s game will be less painful to watch.

mbonzo

Yea the Yankees need to use up some of their loses in the beginning of the season. Don’t want to save them for the end.

bexarama

“He… gave us a a sufficient effort.” Sometimes I love A-Rod

Pat D

Yea…that was…awkward.

Almost as if he was saying, “Earn your spot, bitch.”

MikeD

Good win. I’m not sure the radar gun readings on Joba and Mo were accuraqte, but who knows. The A’s were showing Joba at 96 when YES had him at 94, and Mo was only at 88, which is low for him even on his low days.

bexarama

YES had Joba at 96.

MikeD

I must have blinked!

JobaTheHeat62

YES had Joba at 96 once too

JobaTheHeat62

oh yea that’s a JINX

bexarama

heh.

JobaTheHeat62

I wonder if Sergio Mitre and Randy Winn have become friends with their whole “not playin” roles on the team?